After more than four years of hard work, Guillaume Canet offered his “baby” to the French on February 1, 2023. Indeed, his film “Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Empire” was released in dark rooms to the delight of fans. Internationally, the film is a real hit. A month after its release, Guillaume Canet’s comedy recorded 1,638,196 million spectators according to Unifrance. In front of, in fact, “the most seen French film on the big screen internationally in February”.
In Poland and Belgium, the sidekick of Gilles Lellouche also seems to have succeeded in finding his audience. 510,000 spectators for the first country and 194,000 fans for the second in February. On the other hand, in France, the film did not have the expected success. Despite its 4,539,417 admissions, the project was still far from the planned objective. The only profitability of the film having been set at 7 million tickets sold.
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Guillaume Canet and “Asterix & Obelix: the middle empire” land on Netflix… but not in France
Objective achieved or not, Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, or even Jonathan Cohen, who also took part in the project, will be able to try to seduce new fans. Indeed, on May 19, 2023, “Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Empire” land on netflix… but not in France. Simply because of the “media timeline” as it recalls Puremedia. Our colleagues recall that this process consists in protecting the operators of cinemas and the audiovisual sector.
All films shown in cinemas must “wait” several months before being available on DVD or broadcast on television channels. films released in theaters may not be made available on DVD, or shown on television, for a few months. But the more an actor finances the production, the earlier he can exploit the productions. France will not be the only country to have to be patient. Poland, Switzerland, Germany, or even Greece, will also wait several months before seeing the production of Guillaume Canet land on netflix as the specialized site points out What’s on Netflix.
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